About the India Initiative
Established in 2007, the University of Wisconsin-Madison India
Initiative brings together faculty across campus, alumni, and friends
to support, enhance, and increase awareness about India's arts, cultures,
economy, history, religions and society.
Through collaboration with diverse departments and
programs, and with support from alumni and friends, the India Initiative
highlights scholarship and outreach efforts and facilitates new programs
to help us better understand and engage with India's rising global prominence
in such diverse fields as medicine, journalism, economy and industry,
engineering, biotechnology, and law.
Recognizing the importance of India to the economic
and political future of Wisconsin and the United States, this enhanced
collaboration with and dissemination about India will benefit Wisconsin's
businesses and citizens as a whole.
India Initiative Goals
- Integrate the study of India across the
curriculum to facilitate the development of global competence
and advance internationalization.
- Build partnerships among educational, governmental,
and corporate institutions in India and Wisconsin to facilitate
educational exchange, create new knowledge through research
collaborations, and economic development.
- Expand and facilitate research and teaching
on areas of emerging interests related to but not limited
to India's economy, knowledge sectors, and global integration.
- Bring together faculty from humanities,
professional, social science and scientific departments interested
in India.
- Create a clear portal to resources at the
UW-Madison campus to facilitate new research and teaching
strategies and public engagement about India.
- Coordinate activity related to India to
create dynamic synergies and a central point of contact for
the campus and state communities.
- Disseminate knowledge about India to benefit
Wisconsin and American citizens and to serve the needs of
business.
- Re-connect to alums with interest in India
as well as those of Indian origin.
Related UW Departments, Divisions, Schools and
Colleges
Center
for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Center for South Asia
College of Letters and Science
College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department of Computer Sciences
Division
of International Studies
International
Business
International
Institute
Law School
School
of Human Ecology
School
of Journalism and Mass Communication
School
of Medicine and Public Health
Wisconsin
Alumni Association
